The poems of Oliver Goldsmith
By: edited by Robert Aris Willmott ; with illustrations by Birket Foster and H.N. Humphreys ; printed in colours by Edmund Evans.
Contributors: Willmott, Robert Aris, 1809-1863.; Foster, Myles Birket, 1825-1899.; Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905.
Edition: New ed.
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
Published: 1881
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: English poetry.
Notes: According to Topp, Routledge's New York office moved to 9 Lafayette Place in 1881 and a new company office was opened in Glasgow on Jan.1, 1887, suggesting this edition was published between the years of 1881 and 1886. Cf. Topp, C.W. Victorian yellowbacks and paperbacks, 1849-1905, (1993).

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"The ornamental illustrations designed by H. Noel Humphreys"--P. xxii.

Text in gold line borders.

MASS copy: Bound in cobalt blue calico-grain cloth in same design as 1877 edition (McLean O 241), blocked in gold, black, grey and blind, a.e.g. Prize book from Claughton Collegiate School presented to "Harold C. Paul, Cambridge, local examination, 1887".